Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1913 — AUTO SPEEDING IS GETTING STARTED [ARTICLE]

AUTO SPEEDING IS GETTING STARTED

A Few Drivers Persist in Violating the Law That Seeks to Give Public Protection. ; Already the speed fools have gjot hold of the drive wheel of a few automobiles and the consequence is a totaT disregard for the law establishing a limit of speed inside the corporation. A smooth strip of road looks very tempting but the law commands that the driver be not tempted by it. There are several in Rensselaer whose names are not unknown to the justice courts who will doubtless be dealt with very severely if again apprehended for speeding and there are a number who by. the fortune of not having been seen by an officer have never been arrested, but who are in the habit Of driving with reckless speed. There is ho possible excuse for drjving faster than the lawful speed. If you are needed at the other end you will get the same results by starting earlier. So far there has never been a bad automobile accident in Rensselaer. Almost every town hereabouts have had children killed by careless driving. But this may result here at almost any time. The reckless driver takes the chance of becoming a child murderer whenever he exceeds the speed limit or does not exercise every precaution against accident. Let it be hoped that auto owners and chauffeurs will be mindful of the law and of the rights of pedestrians and of the fact that children are frequently playing in the streets or dart across the streets while at play and let them all exercise every precaution. If they find the speed mania* uncontrollable, let them go to the country where the danger is not great to any but themselves.